Decision

I know it seems weird to break this news on my blog, but I will announce it on Sunday and decided that I wanted my blog friends to be the first to know.

Two weeks ago my District Superintendent approached me with an offer to move to a church in the Columbus area. Laura and I have talked about it, and after much struggle, prayer, thought and discussion, I have decided to leave Central and to move to Pickerington Community UMC effective this July.

This has been one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. We really love Central and Athens and thought we could spend the rest of our lives here. I never imagined I would be a part of a church like Central, let alone be the pastor. It really is an amazing place. And part of what makes Central amazing is many of you. I have a great staff, friends, a community that hungers for God... I have been blessed.

But Pickerington is a growing area, with lots of opportunity for building a church (amazing growth potential), they are visible in the conference (a chance for me to be relevant), they own lots of land, already have a really nice building AND they offered me twice the money with a really nice office. It was just too hard to turn down. Now, maybe, I will FINALLY be able to write my book. Granted, I'm not sure I feel "led" in any sense to move, but it just seems like more fun. And there is a Krispy Kream and Chucky Cheese right down the street! How can you beat that! Besides, the talking monkeys came to me in a dream the other night and told me that we should move. And I always listen to what the talking monkeys say. And they said "move" and to wish your friends a happy April 1.